Provided is a projection screen, comprising a substrate (10), a total reflection layer (20), and a light absorbing layer (30) for absorbing light rays, which are sequentially arranged from a light incident side, wherein the total reflection layer (20) is provided with a plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures extending in the vertical direction of the projection screen, and the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is periodically arranged in the horizontal direction of the projection screen. The projection screen has the characteristics of simple structure, easy processing, low cost and high contrast.
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1. A projection screen, comprising a substrate, a total internal reflection layer and a light absorbing layer for absorbing light, which are sequentially arranged in said order from a light incident side,
wherein the total internal reflection layer comprises a plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures extending in a vertical direction of the projection screen, the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is periodically arranged in a horizontal direction of the projection screen, and each of the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is in contact with the light absorbing layer.
11. A projection system, comprising:
a projection screen, comprising a substrate, a total internal reflection layer and a light absorbing layer for absorbing light, which are sequentially arranged in said order from a light incident side, wherein the total internal reflection layer comprises a plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures extending in a vertical direction of the projection screen, the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is periodically arranged in a horizontal direction of the projection screen, and each of the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is in contact with the light absorbing layer; and
a far focus projector configured for emitting projection light from a light incident side toward the projection screen.
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The disclosure relates to a projection screen and a projection system including the projection screen.
in a projection display system, a screen is an important factor affecting its performance, and especially has a significant effect on image quality of projection display. For a screen, its contrast is an important parameter to evaluate the quality of the screen.
In related arts, due to ambient light, the contrast of the image reflected by the screen is much lower than the contrast of the projector itself. This is because the projection screens in the related arts reflect light from both the projector and the ambient light.
To improve the contrast of the screen in the presence of ambient light, current anti-ambient light projection screens usually use wire grid screens, which increase the contrast of ambient light by providing a surface for absorbing light and another surface for reflecting light. However, such screen has a relatively low gain. Another kind of anti-ambient light projection screens are realized by an micro-structures array plus a light reflection layer or a light absorbing layer. However, in this structure, ambient light at some angles can still be reflected toward the viewer side, thus effect of improving the contrast is limited.
To solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure proposes a projection screen for a far focus projector. The projection screen has characteristics of simple structure, easy processing, low cost, and high contrast.
An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a projection screen, which includes a substrate, a total internal reflection layer, and a light absorbing layer for absorbing light, which are sequentially arranged in said order from a light incident side, wherein the total internal reflection layer includes a plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures extending in a vertical direction of the projection screen, and the plurality of trapezoidal micro-structures is periodically arranged in a horizontal direction of the projection screen.
The projection screen of the present disclosure includes the total internal reflection layer and a diffusion layer. Projection light from the far focus projector returns to the viewer side in a form of cross after being totally internally reflected by the total internal reflection layer, thereby expanding a horizontal viewing angle. In addition, the diffusion layer can further diffuse the viewing angle.
The total internal reflection layer in the projection screen of the present disclosure further has the trapezoidal micro-structures. Each of the trapezoidal micro-structures includes two inclined surfaces and a horizontal surface in contact with a black light absorbing layer. Since the horizontal surface of each trapezoidal micro-structure is in contact with the black light absorbing layer, the ambient light incident on the horizontal surface is absorbed by the black light absorbing layer, and the ambient light incident on the inclined surfaces of each trapezoidal micro-structure is reflected to the horizontal surface and then also absorbed by the black light absorbing layer. Therefore, the projection screen of the present disclosure can sufficiently absorb ambient light, thereby obtaining a high-contrast image.
It should be understood that the beneficial effects of the present disclosure are not limited to the above-mentioned effects but may be any beneficial effects described herein.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be emphasized that all dimensions in the drawings are only schematic and are not necessarily illustrated in true scale, so they are not limited. For example, it should be understood that the dimensions, proportions, and other parameters of components such as diffusion layers, total internal reflection layers, and black light absorbing layers in the figures are not shown according to the actual dimensions and proportions, and are only for convenience of illustration, but not for limiting the specific scope of the present disclosure.
In the following text, an exemplary structure of a projection screen in the present disclosure will be described first with reference to
In the above structure, the diffusion layer 40 is configured to diffuse light emitted from the total internal reflection layer 20, and the black light absorbing layer 30 is configured to absorb light incident on the black light absorbing layer 30. The diffusion layer 40 and the black light absorbing layer 30 can adopt related technical structures in related arts, so it will not be repeated in the present disclosure. The substrate 10 may include organic materials such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PC (polycarbonate), PVC (polyvinyl chloride), PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) or the like. The total internal reflection layer 20 in the projection screen will be described in detail below.
In the present disclosure, the total internal reflection layer 20 may be formed by coating on a side of the substrate 10 opposite to the viewer side.
Since the isosceles trapezoidal micro-structures in the total internal reflection layer 20 are simple to process, the projection screen can be manufactured more easily.
As can be seen with reference to
In the projection screen shown in
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What is different from the structure of the projection screen in
In addition, although it is described in the description of
That is, the total internal reflection layer 20 and the substrate 10 are integrated into one layer, and the diffusion layer 40 and the substrate 11 are integrated into one layer. Then, the facing surfaces of the substrates 10 and 11 are attached together.
In this modified embodiment, the total internal reflection layer 20 and the diffusion layer 40 are respectively formed on the two substrates 10 and 11 by means of hot embossing or UV glue transfer.
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In addition, other layer structures such as a colored layer made of a dark color material, an anti-scratch protective layer, an anti-reflection layer, or the like, may be bonded to a side of the bulk diffusion film 50 opposite to the side to which the substrate 10 is bonded.
In addition, the projection screen of the present disclosure may also adopt a structure in which the diffusion layer 40 in
In the following text, taking the structure of the projection screen shown in
The projection light P1 from the projector is totally internally reflected on the two inclined surfaces of each of the trapezoidal micro-structures of the total internal reflection layer 20, and the outgoing light reflected by the two inclined surfaces returns to the viewer side in a form of crossing with each other, thereby expanding a horizontal viewing angle. In addition, the diffusion layer 40 can further diffuse the emitted light, thereby further expanding the viewing angle.
Therefore, with the trapezoidal micro-structures in the total reflection layer 20 of the present disclosure, angles of the projection light from the projector can be expanded by the two inclined surfaces, so that the outgoing light of the projection light have large diffusion angles in the horizontal direction, and small diffusion angles in the vertical direction. In addition, the diffusion layer 40 can further expand the angles of the outgoing light.
By adopting the total internal reflection layer 20 in combination with the trapezoidal micro-structures and the diffusion layer 40, the present disclosure can effectively expand the viewing angle of the screen.
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Therefore, the ambient light A1 with large angles can be absorbed by the black light absorbing layer 30 like the ambient light A2, and another part of the ambient light is totally internally reflected by the inclined surfaces of the trapezoidal micro-structures and then exit toward the bottom surface.
Therefore, in the present disclosure, considering the absorption of ambient light incident from multiple angles is considered, the trapezoidal micro-structures are adopted in the total internal reflection layer 20 so that the black light absorbing layer can absorb the ambient light incident from various angles, thereby more significantly improving the screen contrast.
As shown in the cross-sectional view in
Aperture ratio=d/Pitch.
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In the present disclosure, a numerical value of the aperture ratio can be set in a range from 0.05 to 0.9, preferably, in a range from 0.1 to 0.5.
Hereinafter, a schematic diagram of light paths for total internal reflection in projection screens with different trapezoidal micro-structures will be described with reference to
In
α2=180−2θ.
Assuming that a refractive index of a material outside the inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20 is n1, and a refractive index of a material constituting the total internal reflection layer 20 is n2, in order to satisfy total internal reflection condition, the following relationships need to be satisfied:
Therefore, the angle θ between the two inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20 must satisfy the following relationship:
The angle α2 between the reflected light and the normal direction perpendicular to the screen plane satisfies:
Therefore, based on the refractive index n2 of the material constituting the total internal reflection layer 20 and the refractive index n1 of the material outside the inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20, a suitable angle θ between the two inclined surfaces of the trapezoidal total internal reflection layer 20 can be confirmed, and the diffusion angle obtained by the total internal reflection layer 20 can be calculated.
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α1=2θ−180.
Assuming that the refractive index of the material outside the inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20 is n1, and the refractive index of the material constituting the total internal reflection layer 20 is n2, in order to satisfy the total internal reflection condition, the following relationships need to be satisfied:
Therefore, the angle θ between the two inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20 must satisfy the following relationship:
The angle α1 between the emitted light and the normal direction perpendicular to the screen plane satisfies:
Therefore, based on the refractive index n2 of the material constituting the total internal reflection layer 20 and the refractive index n1 of the material outside the inclined surfaces of the total internal reflection layer 20, the angle θ between the two inclined surfaces of the trapezoidal total internal reflection layer 20 can be confirmed, and the diffusion angle obtained by the total internal reflection layer 20 can be calculated.
From the above description of the structure and principle of the projection screen of the present disclosure, it can be known that the projection screen of the present disclosure is used in conjunction with the far focus projector, so that the emitted light reflected by the total internal reflection layer has a diffusion angle. At the same time, the total internal reflection layer is used with diffusion materials such as a diffusion layer or a bulk diffusion film formed on the surface of the screen, which can effectively expand the viewing angle of the screen.
In addition, the trapezoidal micro-structure is used in the total internal reflection layer of the present disclosure, thereby taking into account the ambient light incident at multiple angles, so that the black light absorbing layer can absorb more ambient light, thereby more significantly improving the contrast of the screen.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and changes can be made within the scope of the appended claims of the present disclosure or their equivalents according to design requirements and other factors.
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